God bad assemble the folk and go,
And before them smite on the stone.
3880 _costful_, dangerous. See Met. Hom. p. xix, where _far-cost_ = a
dangerous voyage. 3884 _wente of liwe_ = turned from life = died. 3887 _in_
= _hin_ = _hine_, him.
P. 111. l. 3924 The sense requires us to read, _for to stillen his vn-eðe
mod_, for to quiet his uneasy (disturbed) mind.